Master Druid at Hogwarts

Chapter 666 Surprise!

"Fluorescent flashes."

Kingsley lit his wand.

"Hold on to your wand, and follow me," he ordered, and walked in front.

The other four Aurors followed in an orderly manner, and Umbridge, who had lost his wand, followed closely beside Dawlish.

This tunnel is so low that even a chunky guy like Umbridge has to walk forward, because he doesn't know what's ahead, so everyone stays vigilant, and the Aurors have to walk side by side. Pay attention to the details in the tunnels, so they don't travel very fast.

But in their team, there was also Umbridge who was not working and was injured, so even though the speed was not fast, she started to be out of breath after walking for less than 10 minutes.

The Aurors persuaded her to go back more than once, or temporarily wait in the tunnel, but they were all rejected by the stubborn Umbridge, and everyone could only stop and go, spending at least two normal hours It took twice as long to reach the end of the tunnel.

Kingsley was the first to get out of the hole. He held up his wand and looked around...

Outside the tunnel was a room, a messy, gray room.The wallpaper was peeling, the floor was stained, the furniture was all broken, as if it had been smashed, and the windows were boarded up.

Although this place seemed familiar, Kingsley didn't have the time to delve into it for the time being. He shouted to the others in the tunnel in a low voice: "It's safe for now, come up."

Four other Aurors climbed up from the tunnel one after another, and finally Umbridge.

However, just as she poked out half of her body from the hole, she stopped with a blushing face.

"Give me a hand..." She gritted her teeth, lowered her voice and asked for help, "I'm stuck..."

Kingsley and others looked at her speechlessly, and persuaded again: "Why don't you wait in the tunnel."

"No!" Umbridge also refused again: "I must personally participate in this search!"

Not only because of Professor Trelawney's prophecy, but also because she was worried that these Aurors would take the credit for her.

What's more, she lost her wand, and it was safest to stay with the Aurors.

Kingsley had no choice but to go forward with Dawlish, each of them grabbed her arm, and it took a lot of effort to "pull" Umbridge out of the tunnel.

"I think I may know where this is," Williamson said suddenly after looking around. "This should be the inside of the Screaming Shack."

"Screaming Shack?" Umbridge asked. "That house in Hogsmeade that is said to be haunted?"

"That's right," Williamson nodded affirmatively, "The doors and windows of the Screaming Shack were also sealed with wooden boards, and judging from the distance from the tunnel, this place is almost Hogsmeade. The most important thing is... ..."

He licked his lips, and said with a little excitement of discovering the secret: "If I remember correctly, the time when the Shrieking Shack became famous should be about the same time as the whooping willow was planted in Hogwarts."

Then his guess was echoed by another Auror named Prout: "You're right, I remember the Whomping Willow was in my fourth year and I had it in third year I've been around here and it was just a normal house, not a screaming shack at all."

Kingsley, who was originally relieved, became nervous again when he heard the words...

Could it be that Dumbledore was really discovered by Umbridge, right?

But this guess was quickly vetoed by him, because no matter how much he thought about it, he didn't think that Dumbledore would make such a stupid mistake as being hooked by a tree branch in the Invisibility Cloak.

"Anyway, everyone should be more careful." Kingsley reminded softly, then raised his wand and continued to lead the way out of the room.

The six people walked out of the room cautiously, and first searched on the first floor of the Shrieking Shack.

"It doesn't look like a place that has been abandoned for a long time..." Williamson wiped a dilapidated wooden table with his fingers, "Have you noticed? There is almost no dust accumulation... Someone must come here to clean it from time to time."

"Isn't this a matter of course?" Umbridge growled anxiously: "This is Dumbledore's secret stronghold! Don't waste any more time, we've been out for a long time, and the minister doesn't know what to expect." when!"

While she wants to get credit, she is also constantly thinking about Professor Trelawney's prophecy. In the prophecy, she is likely to be in danger. From Umbridge's current point of view, it is very likely that Fudge The minister was noticed by Dumbledore, and he attacked himself when he rushed over...

After all, she is the main discoverer of this secret, and she has been fighting Dumbledore at Hogwarts all this time, and what's worse... her wand was blown away by the Whomping Willow!

The Aurors were very dissatisfied with Umbridge's domineering, but because of Minister Fudge's order, they didn't show it, and just continued to search silently.

While Umbridge kept urging the Aurors, Dumbledore, whom she thought might come over at any moment, was sitting in his office with a sip of black tea, Chatting with Cornelius Fudge about unimportant topics.

From the very beginning, Fudge talked with Dumbledore about those commonplace topics - such as banning the speech of Voldemort's return, cooperating with the Ministry of Magic's education reform, and so on.

The importance of these topics is actually average, anyway, it is definitely not enough to require Minister Fudge to come here with the Aurors non-stop after "finishing other things".

Cornelius Fudge actually knew that if he did this, Dumbledore might see the problem, but Dumbledore's long-term concessions for the sake of the overall situation made Fudge feel that he was not yet daring to tear himself apart from the Ministry of Magic. It's a shameless illusion, so even if this behavior is somewhat flawed, Fudge doesn't think there will be a big problem.

Of course, Dumbledore couldn't take the initiative to expose Fudge. The Minister of Magic personally testified for him. What an alibi!

The bad old man took a sip of his tea, with a meaningful smile on his face.

"The first floor has been inspected, and there is no problem found." The Aurors quickly and carefully searched the first floor of the Screaming Shack, and reported to Kingsley.

"If there is really something here, it seems that it is hidden on the second floor..." Kingsley didn't think that Dumbledore deliberately leaked a loophole, just to trick them into coming here for nothing. He reminded: "Everything Be vigilant, it may be dangerous up there."

However, when he sounded the reminder, Umbridge, who saw that there was no problem on the first floor, had already rushed upstairs.But after hearing Kingsley's warning, she immediately slowed down and stopped awkwardly on the stairs.

The Aurors gave her a disgusted look. When they acted, they were most afraid of encountering such self-righteous pig teammates. Unfortunately, such teammates abound in the Ministry of Magic.

Kingsley sighed helplessly, and then quickly directed Dawlish and the others to join hands to support the defensive spell as before, while he continued to maintain the fluorescent spell, and led everyone carefully to the second floor .

As soon as he stepped onto the second floor, Kingsley froze...

The door of the room facing the stairs was wide open... To be exact, the entire door of the room had been removed, and even part of the wall had been removed, allowing him to easily see everything in the room.

In the room in front of him, there was no furniture, only a giant snake that almost occupied the entire room was occupying it.Its body was as thick as the trunk of an oak tree, and its scales were full of green, shining with the unique brilliance of poisonous snakes.

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